Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
PLATOBeauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
More Plato Quotes
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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